Tim Young

Tim Young is an author of nonfiction and fiction books on self-sufficient lifestyles, including The Amazing Maisy! children's picture book series that introducers pre-schoolers to homesteading, food production and self-sufficient lifestyles. Tim is also the editor of SelfSufficentBlog.com.

Background - While flying high over corporate America, Tim Young received a call he couldn't ignore. He shredded his business cards, said goodbye to the conveniences of urban life and become a farmer and homesteader. Along the way Tim became an award-winning cheese maker and Amazon best-selling author. Today he lives with his wife-the most beautiful and caring woman in the world, his delightful daughter and a Silky Terrier named Alfie that speaks to him in condescending, broken-English.

We only entered one cheese but Elberton Blue won at the largest cheese contest in the United States (almost 1,900 entries)!

Big time congratulations to our cheesemaker, Turner Reynolds, who submitted a December wheel of Elberton Blue that placed THIRD at the United States Cheese Championship this week. Also, congratulations to Sequatchie Cove Creamery and Cellars at Jasper Hill for placing first and second, respectively, in the blue cheese category. We're in good company!

...today and tomorrow. If you have young children or relatives who do, download for your Kindle. Just please leave a review on Amazon! And share the link!

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Amazing Maisy! Hatches an Egg (Amazing Maisy! On the Farm Series)
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Meet Amazing Maisy, who wants to know everything about self-sufficiency and where her food comes from! Introduce children to skills that teach self-sufficie

Speaking of that little farm girl, we're excited to announce a new series of picture books aimed at introducing self-sufficiency concepts to young children. The first book is available now on Amazon (print and Kindle) and the second book will be available next week.

Find out more at http://www.maisybooks.com/ where we will be adding lots of homeschool and teacher lesson materials as soon as we can.

With a fair amount of concern about whether non-stick coatings on modern cookware is healthy or not, it's nice to know that there is a reliable and healthy alternative: cast-iron cookware. Why choose cast iron? First, it's well known for its heat retention and ability to cook evenly. Aside from that, it's very durable. With […]
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In our years of raising meat chickens, we have done just about everything wrong at one point or another but we've also had lots of success in producing healthy, humanely raised protein from chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese. Here are some tips from what we've learned that may be useful to you. Here is a […]
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When most people think about prepping, they think about storing food and water. They think about first aid kits, gasoline, and generators. When people think about being self-reliant, gardening, raising livestock, and procuring renewable energy are among some of the most common skills that come to mind. But have you ever thought about the medicines […]
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[dropcap]W[/dropcap]e often hear people say that they want to move out of the city because they want to raise their children in the country. Homesteading has taught us many lessons and strengthened our moral resolve more than I ever thought it could. We were completely disconnected to things as basic as where our food came from or the changing of […]
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[dropcap]H[/dropcap]aving a general, basic emergency kit in your house is essential, and putting together an evacuation kit is important too. However, for those of us that drive an automobile, preparedness also means keeping a dedicated emergency kit our vehicle. Here are things that we've included in our car kit: Jumper cables : These are a mainstay in […]
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[dropcap]S[/dropcap]ome say that Stamatis Moraitis forgot to die. The Greek war veteran was diagnosed by nine different American doctors with lung cancer in 1976. He was given six months to live and was encouraged to pursue aggressive cancer treatment. He declined and instead moved back to his native land of Ikaria. Why? Funerals were much […]
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Society as we know it will break down and collapse in a five stage process outlined here. While it can be accelerated by certain events like war, a natural disaster, pandemic, terrorist attack, or even an impending asteroid impact, history has shown that economic collapse will essentially happen in this five stage process. To survive […]
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Beekeeping is fast catching on. Sales of bees and beekeeping equipment are at levels unseen before. Beekeeping basics are relatively simple, though you soon learn this is much more of an art than a science. If you are interested in beekeeping you should consider visiting with a local beekeeper and see if you can do […]
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One of the downsides to having a fair amount of land is that it creates room for stuff. Having outbuildings such as barns and workshops exacerbates the problem. So, like most farms and homesteads, we've accumulated lots of farm "stuff" over the years. These items include anything and everything livestock related (feeders, waterers, troughs), fencing […]
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Like most people, we have several kitchen appliances that make life a whole lot easier than it was for our grandparents. My Kitchen Aide mixer comes to mind, as does our food processor, high-speed blender, toaster and, of course, microwave oven. The trouble is that they all require electricity and if a CME or unthinkable event happened […]
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